I just got my Series S about a week ago and i absolutely love it. I am 31 and never owned a console, also I have a humble 32 inch Samsung tv and even though I will upgrade it eventually the Series S is the perfect fit for me and a lot of casual gamers like me. You get great performances for 200€ less then a PS5 or a Series X, and with 13€ a month you can go and play hundreds of games. It’s just perfect

I love my Xbox Series S. It was really cheap and i've been satisified with both the performance and Game pass. :)

Still waiting on that all black Series S I think it will look really nice

I admit, I only bought a Series S because I love the design. Only 2.6L for $300 and you get a competitive 1080p machine. I don't think that's beatable by any PC. Even if you only play Game Pass games, you're "spending less" than if you bought the games outright. The trick of this is that by "spending less", you end up spending more. But that's a win for them and it's a win for us.

I was really against the digital only consoles for so long but I just caved and bought a series s and game pass is incredible. I'm more of a casual gamer at the ripe old age of 31 but game pass has me playing games every day again. The small hard drive was a bit concerning to me however with the cloud gaming (that actually works pretty flawlessly) storage hasn't been an issue. Thoroughly enjoying halo infinite and Forza horizon 5 and and a few older games. I'd highly recommend the series s to anyone and this comes from a guy who collects physical games and has a decent PC. Plus they're in stock at retail price. Can't beat that.

I wish creators would stop saying for “free”. We pay $15 monthly to enjoy the service. It is not free at the end of the day. Free is free. Maybe rephrasing to “Free to play with game pass sub” cause people aren’t the brightest and will assume if they go out and buy an Xbox that they will receive these games free of charge. I’ve noticed this becoming a trend among Xbox content creators.

Series S was my first Xbox since the original. It’s fantastic and really changed my mind on the entire Xbox ecosystem.

The digital key deterrent is a deal-breaker for me. Thanks for the very informative video!

Wait you have the XBox series s expansion drive plugged into that console making it the same cost as a XBox series X?

I wanted the series X but due to not finding it in stock anywhere, I decided to just get the S and put the money I saved towards a good monitor to make the most out of the console's power. This little white box is a beast for its size and price. For only $250 ur getting an SSD with fast loading times, next-gen graphics, up to 1440p resolution, and 60-120 fps support in most games.

I love Xbox series s

As a PlayStation fanboy I have to admit the series S is the rockstar of this generation. I had to buy one and haven’t been so excited about a console since Dreamcast. It’s really a game changer.

Even though i work as an Engineer and absolutely love PS Games, i cannot justify leaving Gamepass behind with whole library of classics and then giving up aprox 300euros just to play few exclusive titles... Playstation 5 Digital Edition is just sad compared to Series S they could sell the console at great loss such as Microsoft does and then keep the user which would quickly turn that loss over into profits, sad as i owned xbox 360 then transitioned to ps3 superslim then to ps4 and this generation back to xbox series s cause of the price and long-term cost, i just cannot justify the cost for something mildly inferior if you exclude these few sony enterteinmant titles.

Loved my series s. Wish I would've gotten the disc PS5 for sure. The digital version looks better , slightly , but the game prices are ridiculous ans they rarely go down below 50 for those AAA games

Series s is amazing value for money though some games looked horrific on my 4k tv that's why I replaced it with series x. For someone who games at 1080p it is an amazing console

I am looking to upgrade from a PS4 and I am looking for a budget next Gen console would you recommend the Xbox series s

I’ve got the disc ps5 and the Xbox series s myself I had the series s before I bought the ps5 and it is really something else, Great games exciting, I also got the 1 tb Hardrive for it and I couldn’t of been happier, I’m always excited to play it along side the ps5 a neat little console for next generation. I recommend this especially for the next gen console to try out for yourselves.

I have a ps5 disc version. Gonna pick up a series s for game pass next month

What is your monitor connected to xbox series S???it looks so bright and nice..

Hello, Will I see a difference 4k X vs S on 65 inch OLED 3/3.5m view distance ?

Got the Seagate Expansion Card for the Series S and honestly it’s the way to go. I had enough money left over to get a 2560x1440 165hz monitor to go with it and yeah this is definitely next generation gaming for me.

I will still go for ps5 Coz I started from ps2 ps3 ps4 N both of my parents started from ps1

Hey I have a question, I have a seires s and I play on it often but I want to play games like spiderman and god of war because recently I have stopped playing with my friends and I want to be able to buy real games so should I get a ps5 for my birthday?

Awesome video very good points.

Interesting video, thanks. What screen model would you recommend for the serie S ? A 2560x1440, 16:9 whith freesync is a good choice ? Thanks in advance

I love my Series S. I'm so satisfied with it

When I play Multiplayer on MW3 My ps5 controller doesn’t vibrate any way to fix that?

how are the orange lights annoying when trying to sleep? It's so dim lol.

Really good points. I have a digital ps5 and agree with your points, in terms of value for money anyway. I find myself waiting for sales on psn to buy any ps5 games and even then it’s very expensive. I’m considering a seriesS with gamepass.

I sold my Xbox Series S, then I bought a PS5 thinking I was upgrading, but now I want to go back to the Series S

Side note… I love your guitars! I have a custom 24 as my primary. Great video, cheers!!

Quick question, So I’m switching to Xbox Series S/X and I heard they took away Xbox Live. so you can play online for free is that true?

If PS had a service as good as Gamepass, the digital PS5 would be a very, very attractive product. But right now, the optical drive model is the "cheap" option in the mid-long term.

I'm getting series s in a day or two. Looking forward to it, I would have bought ps5 but its out of stock and I refuse to pay scalpers.

I have a series s and X and I have a Nintendo switch but I still haven't been able to get a ps5. I'm going to try to get one this year (if I can find one) but tbh I'm not a big fan of the design choice.

Honestly, the rest mode thing doesn’t really bother me because I don’t leave my system on when I go to sleep

My little Series S sits alongside my disc PS5 and it’s the perfect setup for me. All the Sony 1st party titles and Gamepass on the S.

I'm buying a PS5 just for the exclusives, otherwise I see myself doing most of my gaming on the Series S. I just love the console. Gamepass is awesome and MS could have tried to take advantage because they know they have you locked in their ecosystem where you have to buy games digitally, but nope. I find myself buying games very regularly because they're fairly priced when there are promotions.

If the console is completely off the orange light won’t be there letting users unplug it if they want. The features are there so you don’t have to cold boot so you can play faster

Hi 👋 What monitor were you using on your video? Cheers!

Series S seems to be a great deal after pc, but i will miss out on ps exclusives

I’ve looked at the PS5 all digital (thinking if I get a PS5), but its both too close to the PS5 in price and doesn’t deal my main concern which was the size. The Series S is the perfect next gen console for me because I’m traveling a lot right now (it legit fits in my carry on without taking too much space or being too heavy). It also fits better in tiny rooms.

what game is he playing at 1:35?

Name of the games please ?

Ok, so this was EXACTLY what I needed to decide what I wanted to get! Thank you for your HONEST reviews and videos!

I own a PS5 and a Xbox series S However I find myself playing the series S way more

Can you drop the link to look those eyeglasses I need something like that

So i guess get s for next gen then keep last gen for 4k movies since s doesn’t have disc drive? I wanted x but csnt find any but I always see series s in stock but I mostly own digital gsmes

Xbox Series S is perfect for us who have full-time work. A good 3A game takes at least 20 hours or even 100 hours to be finished. I don't think I can finish 3A games Xbox currently offer. Even if PlayStation has more 3A games, I don't have time to play them so I don't need that expensive machine. One cool thing of Xbox Series S is: I turn off the console but do not turn off the game, and the next time I want to play this game, it just takes like 2 seconds for me to start the game where I left on the progress last time.

great video

1:37 what's the game at this marker? Anyone?

Shouldn't Gamepass be compared to PS Now instead of PSN Plus?

Had my Series S since release and just yesterday i got a PS5 and have never felt better. Graphics,Preformance,Tech,Enjoyment is all upgraded heavily and anyone who says the difference in graphics isnt huge is blind or have never seeen the diff in person

I have both systems... No, the S is not better, but it is awesome just the same. I've had PS1,PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PS4 and now the PS5 and Series S. I like the way the Series S loads up in terms of speed, and Game pass. The console looks better than the PS5 However, I prefer the PS5 games, the presentation is better be the control is WAY better. I like not having to deal with batteries and battery packs. The graphics are also better on the PS5.

I got a seagate game drive for my xbox one few years ago on black friday and o was so amazed it was instantly compatible woth my series s i have all my games installed on it and it barly takes 10mins to move a 100gb + game ❤

if you game at 1080p ok. but not at 4k nor want the best graphical features.

We’ll have to see what happens when Sony eventually release Spartacus. If they pull in enough of the PS catalogue, game pass might not be such a differentiator anymore.

I have both PS5 and xbox series s, I love my Xbox series S

I heard when you delete games on the series s it goes into your library so you can reinstall it without gamepass or anything. i also wanna know if your data saves when you uninstall a game then reinstall it back onto your console.

Happy new Yör guys

Definitely prefer my Series S over my PS5 I have most of the exclusives but am yet to be wowed the whole user experience is a lot smoother on Microsofts consoles

Short, crisp & informative! Outstanding analysis Ben!

I thought I would regret buying the series s but it's all I need for a next gen console. Quick loading times, great performance, and game pass is the best value for me since I haven't bought a full price AAA title in almost a year due to how expensive they get. With game pass I can try it out and if I don't like it, there's 200 other games I can try.

how do you say year?!

It’s a great sidekick to my PS5. I have both The S and Digital. The S is a great console and if you have a P5 already I highly recommend this over the X

I still think consoles making you pay to play multiplayer is a thing of the past that Sony and Microsoft should stop. Even if it's only a few dollars a month, it's such an annoyance

currently,a ps5 on amazon costs around 800-1000 dollars

Series S is £200 today in Currys. Should i snap one up?

I own both PS5 (Disc) and an Xbox Series S. The series S is better than the PS5 digital but comparing direct games across platforms the PS5 significantly outperforms the Xbox. Trust me the Xbox is very good but it isn’t better.

Changed my mind getting PS5 after this vid. I think I'll stick with my Xbox S. Thanks! You saved me some money and a ton of frustration.

I have a digital ps5 and Xbox series x. I want to sell one to buy headset and the expandable memory, but I don’t know which to sell.

Imo not many average people will play on higher than 1080p so it's more like do you want to spend another hundred for more storage

I have the ps5 and it’s amazing

So what you are saying is basically that if you are on a tight budget, then the series s combined with gamepass is fantastic value for money, and i 100% agree. For me, there is just no way I want to swap out my ps5 digital for a series s even if I get the money diff back. I dont buy physical discs at all. I dont care for fps, sports or car games. If there are enough exclusives released on xbox side that I care about (which there isn't at the moment), then i might probably get a series s as complement to my ps5.

I've been buying digital games since 2015 so my digital library is huge on my PlayStation account, I bought the ps5 digital because I couldn't find a disc version and I also don't own any discs anyway

i got one for my sister she loves the console. she never owned a console before for her its a great console with gamepass and its so small. I currently have lot of physical games so I would have to wait a while to get series x.

I just got the ps5 recently and apart from the exclusives, i truly feel now the ps5 controller alone destroyed the competition. 🔥

The Playstation Plus collection gives access to really great games, some of them have been patched to benefit from the PS5 increased performance. You don't really talk about the sales on the Playstation store, there are many deals on digital games actually and a huge collection of titles to choose from. The Gamepass is not available where I live in Asia, so I can't compare and it seems to have a great value for sure. It all comes down in the end to what kind of games you prefer, and each console Xbox / PS / Switch reaches different target (with some overlap of course), personnaly I like the PS exclusives and I prefer Sony to Microsoft (I really really wouldn't want MS to be in a quasi monopolistic situation like it is in the OS and Office suites worlds...)

The main thing that you even don't "THINK" about, is the game titles 🙂 I'm a PlayStation fan who is in love with Microsoft honestly! and especially with XBOX Series S. If you ask me, I'll recommend XBOX Series S to who doesn't have ANYTHING to play latest gen games with. Yes! even me as a PlayStation fan would recommend XBOX. But let's talk about myself a bit. Who am I? A PC gamer actually... just like you. And I use XBOX Game Pass to play most of my games. So why I buy PlayStation anyways?! Because the exclusive titles it has! Ghost of Tsushima Killzone Shadow Fall Until Dawn Gran Turismo (I'm a fan of Forza too but GT is my childhood love) Bloodborne Last Guardian Shadow of the Colossus The Order 1866 God of War 3 Uncharted 1,2,3 (The Nathan Drake Collection) infamous: Second Son infamous: First Light The Last of Us Part II I want to be honest with you. I NEVER play a game like Call of Duty on my PS5. The above list, is the only list of games that I play on my PS5. Most of them are PS4 games actually, but some of them are PS5 enhanced and I want to enjoy them in full potential. And MANY of them are available in PS Plus. As a conclusion, honestly as a PC Gamer I HAVE to buy PS4/PS5 to play those titles (titles that I really love). But about XBOX titles... I'm very good playing them on my PC with Game Pass 🙂 You have another video about XBOX 360 E where you mention "titles" as a reason to buy it. Well I'm questioning you here, why you don't even mention that Sony exclusives (that someone could happen to really love them and really need to play them) are not playable on PC or on any other platform...

I'm so happy with my Series S, have it for a year now, and it was the best thing I've done.

Series S is killing it right now....

My advice as a previous owner for Xbox series s ( now Xbox series x) the graphics down grade on the s it's an abdominal pain, playing doom , remnant ...etc on the both it's a day & night difference in graphics , If u absolutely don't care about the graphics take the s. If u care about the graphics take the x . Again , the difference it's huge between both of them.

3:50 You only have to stream PS3 games. You can download PS2 games and play them natively on your console

I love the xss shape coz it's in rectangular and no sides(like the thing on ps5 the 2 things between the disc drive thingy) to break but the ps5 has the curvy thing which r side of the disc drive when we go to take the console sometimes ps5 might break so shape goes to xss

risky title, ben 😬 i'm sure it's gonna be a quality video though!

I had a series s for a few months I sold it and then bought a ps5 yesterday. Ps5 is great but it's true there's not much games to play on it yet. XBOX Has halo which is free and fun to play and has gamepass even though I'm not much of a gamer anymore Xbox does have a lot to offer where as playstation has a lot of single player games that cost 70 dollars which is too much, hopefully playstations Spartacus can compete with gamepass.

Ive owned a series s since December last year and I love it the reason it didn't go for the series X is because I don't like it too look real cuz it just removes that nostalgic feeling for me but I have a friend who has a ps5 and it's amazing there both as enjoyable I like the Xbox controller more for the joy sticks cuz it's easier to get to the buttons while playing games like call of duty and Fortnite but overall 10/10 for both consoles

Can anyone tell me the point of owning a xbox series console if you own a gaming PC?

I don’t feel like the ps store is overpriced. Unless you need a game as soon as it’s launched, the prices are pretty reasonable. And being able to download and never rely on a disc is awesome

The problem with Xbox is that they don't have Gran Turismo and I find Forza extremely boring (have it on PC), PS just has better exclusives overall and I've been PlayStation since PS1. But I was thinking of switching over and getting a Xbox Series S at least for a few years until the PS5 slim comes out. The Series S looks very tempting.

If you play on a big 4k TV the lack of resolution is more noticeable.

I have a series s just need the ps5 really annoying that I still can't get one in my area

I have both Series S and PS5. I bought PS5 only for the exclusives. Else, Gamepass is sheer value as it has better 1st and 3rd party game support which is further improved by backwards compatibility, FPS boost and smart delivery. As of now, for this generation, it's clearly the Xbox which seems to be respecting my time and money more.

Microsoft actually built the Series-S as a 1440p (2k) Console not a 1080p and it can even run certain games at 4k !! Thought I'd mention this as I've seen a few videos like this recently that aren't doing the console justice !!

Nothing besides the fact that it's actually readily available other than that spec wise nothing

1:36 game name?😅

With the MS Activision/Blizzard news, if it wasn't for the fact that I own a PC I would happily own an Xbox. The PS5 is lacking in so many features it is embarrassing. -No game pass -No Dolby vision -No Auto HDR -Full VRR support on Xbox -Lacking in backwards compatibility -Can't even use my bluetooth headphones with my PS5 -No Dolby Atmos I could go on and on but the PS5 is dire for anything outside of first party exclusives.

Please don't turn into click baity KZfaq. Good video regardless. Keep it up.

Can we use the gamepass offline?

Give me information if i download Fifa once they i can play it free for the rest of time or each month i have to pay 10 pounds?